Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)

"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Released	April 7, 2008
Recorded	March–June 2007
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length	3:41
Label	Roswell/RCA
Songwriter(s)	Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
Foo Fighters singles chronology

"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" is the third single released from the

Radio 1 Established 1967.^[3]

Reception

Dave Grohl commented on the song, saying "For this song, it was a working title that stuck, because that was a song that we had demoed and it sounded like this really bright, poppy, late '80s R.E.M. song that would have been off their 'Green' or something like that."^[4] AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine says the song has a riff as nimble as those on Foo Fighters' debut album.^[5]

Other versions

A live version filmed at

Live at Wembley Stadium

DVD.

Track listing

"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" – 3:41
"Band on the Run" – 5:09 (Paul McCartney and Wings cover, 2007)

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace liner notes^[6]

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, backing vocals
Nate Mendel – bass
Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals

Additional Personnel

Drew Hester - percussion

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	194

References

^ "Digital Only release in UK announced by Columbia Records" Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Columbia.co.uk, 2008
^ "Foo Fighters - Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
^ "Foo Fighters record brand new Wings cover Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine". NME.com. August 16, 2007
^ "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace : Dave Grohl's Guide To Every Song". Foo Archive. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
^ Thomas, Stephen (September 25, 2007). "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
^ "Echoes, Silence, Etc".
^ "Chart Log UK, 1994 –2010, Adam F – FYA". zobbel.de. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[1] "Digital Only release in UK announced by Columbia Records" Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Columbia.co.uk, 2008

[2] "Foo Fighters - Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

[3] "Foo Fighters record brand new Wings cover Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine". NME.com. August 16, 2007

[4] "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace : Dave Grohl's Guide To Every Song". Foo Archive. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

[5] Thomas, Stephen (September 25, 2007). "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

[6] "Echoes, Silence, Etc".

[7] "Chart Log UK, 1994 –2010, Adam F – FYA". zobbel.de. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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